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		<title>By: WizardsSuperfan</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2010/03/12/game-day-detroit-5/comment-page-4/#comment-101541</link>
		<dc:creator>WizardsSuperfan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: dcbutler357</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2010/03/12/game-day-detroit-5/comment-page-4/#comment-101480</link>
		<dc:creator>dcbutler357</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WesWalk,

I NEVER said that I wanted him to be a &quot;high-flyer&quot;, High flyer was brought into the conversation by GABBO/I call him Getabig(from earlier blogging) I merely want him to go up strong underneath the basket, which will increase his chances of scoring or going to the free throw line, rather than getting the shot blocked or why he&#039;s not getting to the line, like everyone wants him to (some feel he is not getting respected by the refs).  If you&#039;re doing reverse layups or fadeaway shots underneath the rim, you&#039;re not getting a foul shot.....All this other stuff, is everyone adding to the initial opinion instead of addressing the statement of what he can improve on. 

In regards to ANYONE on this team setting a pick, Foye doesn&#039;t even wait for his man to get set, before he makes his move....lol....half the time he will cut the other way...lol...I don&#039;t even know why that was mentioned...lol...

As far as comparing AB to any other player, what&#039;s the point, that wasn&#039;t even the point?

AB is going to be/and already is a good ball player, AND if AB is the best we have, then we need more around him.  This reminds me of when Juwan Howard was the best thing that we had and it wasn&#039;t that he was that good, it was just that the wiz/bullets were that bad.

Javale is a role player until he learns other things.  Expecting him to double/double each night is a stretch right now.  Against ATL he wasn&#039;t doing offensive moves or anything, he was playing a role of crashing the boards or cutting to the basket for easy shots.  THAT IS what having a true point or other weapons on the floor will do for you.  A team will help to &quot;mask&quot; one&#039;s short-comings and elevate your strengths....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WesWalk,</p>
<p>I NEVER said that I wanted him to be a &#8220;high-flyer&#8221;, High flyer was brought into the conversation by GABBO/I call him Getabig(from earlier blogging) I merely want him to go up strong underneath the basket, which will increase his chances of scoring or going to the free throw line, rather than getting the shot blocked or why he&#8217;s not getting to the line, like everyone wants him to (some feel he is not getting respected by the refs).  If you&#8217;re doing reverse layups or fadeaway shots underneath the rim, you&#8217;re not getting a foul shot&#8230;..All this other stuff, is everyone adding to the initial opinion instead of addressing the statement of what he can improve on. </p>
<p>In regards to ANYONE on this team setting a pick, Foye doesn&#8217;t even wait for his man to get set, before he makes his move&#8230;.lol&#8230;.half the time he will cut the other way&#8230;lol&#8230;I don&#8217;t even know why that was mentioned&#8230;lol&#8230;</p>
<p>As far as comparing AB to any other player, what&#8217;s the point, that wasn&#8217;t even the point?</p>
<p>AB is going to be/and already is a good ball player, AND if AB is the best we have, then we need more around him.  This reminds me of when Juwan Howard was the best thing that we had and it wasn&#8217;t that he was that good, it was just that the wiz/bullets were that bad.</p>
<p>Javale is a role player until he learns other things.  Expecting him to double/double each night is a stretch right now.  Against ATL he wasn&#8217;t doing offensive moves or anything, he was playing a role of crashing the boards or cutting to the basket for easy shots.  THAT IS what having a true point or other weapons on the floor will do for you.  A team will help to &#8220;mask&#8221; one&#8217;s short-comings and elevate your strengths&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: weswalk</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2010/03/12/game-day-detroit-5/comment-page-4/#comment-101478</link>
		<dc:creator>weswalk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does anyone else observe Javale Attempting to set picks on offense.  It driving me crazy just to watch.  It is clear that he either (1) does not know how or (2) has no desire to do so.  Almost every times he starts toroll to the basket as soon as contact is made.  Is it possible that Wes Unseld could help this kid.  On second thought he only has to look at how Singleton sets a screen.

Javale is one of my favorites (along with Young and Blatche) but he has so much to learn.  However, I don&#039;t believe that this organization has shown any real patience with him.  He was drafted as a pure project and now because of their situations with the ex vets, I think they are expecting to much to fast.  I am referring to Flip&#039;s comments in today&#039;s Post re: Javale&#039;s play against the Pistons.  You very rarely here negative comments from the man re: anyone but AB, NY and Javale.  I am not saying that a lot of it is not warranted, but part of his job is to improve the investment the club has made in these players.  In fact, it is the responsibilty of both players and management to ensure that projected potential is achieved.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does anyone else observe Javale Attempting to set picks on offense.  It driving me crazy just to watch.  It is clear that he either (1) does not know how or (2) has no desire to do so.  Almost every times he starts toroll to the basket as soon as contact is made.  Is it possible that Wes Unseld could help this kid.  On second thought he only has to look at how Singleton sets a screen.</p>
<p>Javale is one of my favorites (along with Young and Blatche) but he has so much to learn.  However, I don&#8217;t believe that this organization has shown any real patience with him.  He was drafted as a pure project and now because of their situations with the ex vets, I think they are expecting to much to fast.  I am referring to Flip&#8217;s comments in today&#8217;s Post re: Javale&#8217;s play against the Pistons.  You very rarely here negative comments from the man re: anyone but AB, NY and Javale.  I am not saying that a lot of it is not warranted, but part of his job is to improve the investment the club has made in these players.  In fact, it is the responsibilty of both players and management to ensure that projected potential is achieved.</p>
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		<title>By: weswalk</title>
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		<dc:creator>weswalk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>dcbutler357, AB does get his nasty dunk ever now and then, I have seen at least 2 or 3 in the past few games.  However if you were told that you could have a 6&#039; 11&quot; 24 year old 20 and 12 player ( with  assists and ball handling skills to boot) but he was not a high flyer, I am positive that all of us would jump at the opportunity to obtain such a player.  I dont see Dallas complaining about Dirk.  While AB may never be Dirk, right now he is our Dirk and I think we should all be happy we have him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>dcbutler357, AB does get his nasty dunk ever now and then, I have seen at least 2 or 3 in the past few games.  However if you were told that you could have a 6&#8242; 11&#8243; 24 year old 20 and 12 player ( with  assists and ball handling skills to boot) but he was not a high flyer, I am positive that all of us would jump at the opportunity to obtain such a player.  I dont see Dallas complaining about Dirk.  While AB may never be Dirk, right now he is our Dirk and I think we should all be happy we have him.</p>
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		<title>By: dcbutler357</title>
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		<dc:creator>dcbutler357</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No one can deny that AB has shown that he belongs.  If he stops playing below the rim when he does the reverses, fadeaways down low, he may get more calls down low, and less blocks on those reverses.  Doing reverse layups is an ally against defenders (using the rim), but since that is now one of his signature moves, the defenses are playing him now to do the reverse, instead of going straight up.  Just a lil tweaking of his game.

ROFL.....HE&#039;LL NEVER BE A HIGH FLYING ACT...LOL...But a nasty dunk on someone can ignite a team (well not this year, I don&#039;t even think pouring lighter fluid, can get this team ignited, FLIP would just come and put it out...)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No one can deny that AB has shown that he belongs.  If he stops playing below the rim when he does the reverses, fadeaways down low, he may get more calls down low, and less blocks on those reverses.  Doing reverse layups is an ally against defenders (using the rim), but since that is now one of his signature moves, the defenses are playing him now to do the reverse, instead of going straight up.  Just a lil tweaking of his game.</p>
<p>ROFL&#8230;..HE&#8217;LL NEVER BE A HIGH FLYING ACT&#8230;LOL&#8230;But a nasty dunk on someone can ignite a team (well not this year, I don&#8217;t even think pouring lighter fluid, can get this team ignited, FLIP would just come and put it out&#8230;)</p>
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		<title>By: wizards_fusion</title>
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		<dc:creator>wizards_fusion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>speaking of blatche

flip is about 2 more straws away from having me go back to throw urine bags at his car for being a liar.

before the 5 games in 6 nights journey started, flip mentioned he&#039;ll have to balance out the minutes amongst all so that no one would get burned out.

after 2 games in 2 nights, blatche is averaging over 37 minutes out of 48 per regulation.  at this rate, blatche is going to get worn out by tomorrow.

if blatche goes down with an injury due to flip&#039;s disregard for the team&#039;s best player, i can never forgive &quot;coach&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>speaking of blatche</p>
<p>flip is about 2 more straws away from having me go back to throw urine bags at his car for being a liar.</p>
<p>before the 5 games in 6 nights journey started, flip mentioned he&#8217;ll have to balance out the minutes amongst all so that no one would get burned out.</p>
<p>after 2 games in 2 nights, blatche is averaging over 37 minutes out of 48 per regulation.  at this rate, blatche is going to get worn out by tomorrow.</p>
<p>if blatche goes down with an injury due to flip&#8217;s disregard for the team&#8217;s best player, i can never forgive &#8220;coach&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Gotabigboyoffense</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gotabigboyoffense</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One of the things that I most admire about Blatche&#039;s game is his unselfishness.  I&#039;ve seen him tip rebounds to teammates or grab a rebound simultaneously with a teammate and give it up to the teammate.  A selfish player would want the rebound to pad his stats.  &#039;Dray truly doesn&#039;t care about stats.

The past two games I&#039;ve watched him looking for opportunities to get Slick the ball in a position where Slick could be successful and thereby get him started.  Tonight AB passed up a ten-footer to give Slick a ten-footer.  Hello, AB and CB...that&#039;s what leaders do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the things that I most admire about Blatche&#8217;s game is his unselfishness.  I&#8217;ve seen him tip rebounds to teammates or grab a rebound simultaneously with a teammate and give it up to the teammate.  A selfish player would want the rebound to pad his stats.  &#8216;Dray truly doesn&#8217;t care about stats.</p>
<p>The past two games I&#8217;ve watched him looking for opportunities to get Slick the ball in a position where Slick could be successful and thereby get him started.  Tonight AB passed up a ten-footer to give Slick a ten-footer.  Hello, AB and CB&#8230;that&#8217;s what leaders do.</p>
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		<title>By: wizards_fusion</title>
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		<dc:creator>wizards_fusion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>too bad one of his sons ruined the knicks before isiah crashed the franchise further into purgatory

when the knicks drafted someone stupid during layden&#039;s time, the unforgiving ny crowd would chant

&quot;fire layden ... clapclap clap clap clap&quot; (repeat)

good times, good times - seeing and hearing that on cable tv lol</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>too bad one of his sons ruined the knicks before isiah crashed the franchise further into purgatory</p>
<p>when the knicks drafted someone stupid during layden&#8217;s time, the unforgiving ny crowd would chant</p>
<p>&#8220;fire layden &#8230; clapclap clap clap clap&#8221; (repeat)</p>
<p>good times, good times &#8211; seeing and hearing that on cable tv lol</p>
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		<title>By: wizards_fusion</title>
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		<dc:creator>wizards_fusion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I enjoyed watching Frank Layden coach not because he is the king of x&#039;s and o&#039;s, but because he was a crazy s.o.b. on the sidelines (he goes nuts more than Chuck Daly), he was great with 1-liners with reporters, and he was generally a funny guy - acted as ambassador for the NBA as a coach and statesman (kinda like how Shaq has been the NBA ambassador for the league as an internationally known star player).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I enjoyed watching Frank Layden coach not because he is the king of x&#8217;s and o&#8217;s, but because he was a crazy s.o.b. on the sidelines (he goes nuts more than Chuck Daly), he was great with 1-liners with reporters, and he was generally a funny guy &#8211; acted as ambassador for the NBA as a coach and statesman (kinda like how Shaq has been the NBA ambassador for the league as an internationally known star player).</p>
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		<title>By: Gotabigboyoffense</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gotabigboyoffense</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ChenierFan - loved your analysis of &#039;Dray&#039;s improvement.  I believe that the best is yet to come for this young man.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ChenierFan &#8211; loved your analysis of &#8216;Dray&#8217;s improvement.  I believe that the best is yet to come for this young man.</p>
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